<p>hands up people who believe in deterministic diversity, that somehow your values and worldview are determined by and large by ethnicity. or those that believe its a matter of social class.</p>
<p>Uh, guys... "Hispanic" is not a race, its an ethnicity. Just look at Univision (the spanish-speaking television channel), most of the actors are blonde haired and blue-eyed. What I'm trying to get at is that "Hispanics" come in all different colors. Look at Shakira, George Lopez,former-Peruvian President Fujimori and Sammy Sosa. Hispanics can be white, mestizo (white/indian), black, zambo (black/indian) etc. </p>
<p>The United States just wanted a name for everyone who spoke Spanish to be grouped together. That is why the word "hispano" is unknown in latin-american countries. Some colleges ask for both race and ethnicity. For example, I am a mixture of the Spaniards and Amerindians in Honduras-a Mestizo. When I applied for Dual Enrollment at my community college, one question was "are you a hispanic/latino", then there was a follow up "what is your race...check all that apply" I checked off White and American Indian, 'cause, racially that is what I am. </p>
<p>Your friend's race is white, but her ethnicity is, I guess, at least partly, Hispanic. It depends on what is being asked. I hope I could be of help.</p>
<p>I feel she should put down white because most colleges are thinking Latino, not Spanish when using the term hispanic. But that's just what I think. I'm glad I don't have to worry about what ethnicity I am, it's quite clear.</p>
<p>couldn't she still put down bi-racial? it would be closer to the truth than just saying 'caucasian' or just 'hispanic'</p>
<p>i think admissions should be based on blood type! B+ here! :-P
At least you can't change your blood type.</p>
<p>yeah, but most white people have O blood. Actually, I have O blood, though I am black.</p>
<p>haha, i was making an attempt at humor, i didn't mean to say that people should actually be judged by blood types. </p>
<p>I wish I were AB+, it just looks so cool, then again I could be O- and really altruistic..</p>
<p>the grass is always greener on the other side :)</p>
<p>lol! </p>
<p>oooo i know! i'll marry somebody with A+ blood, and ideally, our kids will be AB+! so if i put a personals ad in the paper, it can read something like 'want a guy who's at least 5'8" (so i won't be taller than him, sigh societal value judgements) and has type A+ blood'</p>
<p>hehe I want type O blood babies. I can see the men lining up for you and your type B+ blood</p>
<p>I am so tired of people who think that SPAIN = non-white. Spain is just as white as anybody else, they are a EUROPEAN country.</p>
<p>The only reason why people get confused is because the spaniards took over all of the west indes and mexico and raped all their women so a lot of them became half spanish, so people were like "Oh they're spanish yet they look like they are brown, oh spanish people are brown"</p>
<p>Nope. Spanish people are pale just like every other white person.</p>
<p>Italians on the other hand, I believe are not white, because my family was raped by the Moors so I'm actually pretty dark.</p>
<p>oh well...</p>
<p>That's a good point. I had never really thought of that</p>
<p>I'm 100% Spanish. I have checked off hispanic on all my applications. I think that it's totally a personal judgement call. If you feel you are hispanic, then by all means, check that box and specify. Being from a city that is mostly Latino, I know that I am not exactly like them (My complexion is VERY light and I have green eyes and light brown hair). However, the way I see it is that if someone from South America does not have any Spanish in them (they are simply indigenous), or if they have never accepted the Spanish culture or heritage, then they are not hispanic. It's all about accepting and living the culture and being PROUD of who you are. :) I know I am</p>
<p>that was really inappropriate champ.</p>
<p>i thot that there was a rule that you need to be 50% URM to qualify for URM status?</p>
<p>i mean, what if i reached into my genealogy and found out that my great-great-great granfather was spanish? that makes me 1/32 spanish, and presto, URM status?</p>
<p>i don't know what a spic is, but back to the comment about people from spain being european and therefore white, there are still the caucasus separating the iberian peninsula from the rest of europe...just like the himalayas distinctly separated the chinese from the southeast asians, so there are some universal physical differences. </p>
<p>i guess it is a judgement call, as well as an ethical decision, but when colleges want diversity, having many students who identify with a certain ethnic group on paper but not in their lives at all wouldn't help. for lack of a better cliche: practice what you preach.</p>
<p>oh would somebody please tell me why hispanics qualify for URM status? i mean, the africans were enslaved, and native americans were robbed naked, so i can see that. but the hispanics? what happened to them? i mean, thousands of chinese died making the transcontinental railroad and they dont get s***.</p>
<p>a "spic" is an intensely derogatory term for hispanics, latinos, etc. It's equivalent to calling an african american, you know what...</p>
<p>i guess you could always just call up the college and ask them</p>
<p>oic :-(</p>
<p>well the post was removed, i think he was just trying to lighten up the mood?</p>
<p>yeah, but most of the chinese applying are 1st/2nd generation immigrants, far detached from those who died working on the railroads. most african-americans and native americans are still descendents of the enslaved and persecuted.</p>
<p>not saying that i like affirmative action, but i can see some of the justifications behind it. chinese people do well, too well, to qualify for URM status.</p>